Musa Malsagov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 9 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-12-15
- Region
- Ingushetia
- City
- Magas
- Facility
- ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области"
- Address for letters
- 404103, Волгоградская область, г. Волжский, ул. Александрова, 86, ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области", Мальсагов Муса Асланович, 1972 г.р.
Case summary
On 3 April 2019, he was detained on charges of organising the use of violence against police officers at a rally on 27 March 2019 and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.
At the end of December 2019, a case was opened on organising the activities of an extremist community.
On 16 March 2021, went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial due to the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 March, he stopped the hunger strike after public appeals.
On 15 December, he was sentenced to 9 years in a general regime colony.
On 17 February 2026 he was released from the colony.
Others charged under Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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